Segway Ninebot begins sales for its futuristic $569 electric scooter

Ninebot, the Chinese language electrical mobility firm that bought Segway, has simply launched the Ninebot KickScooter Air T15. The electrical scooter is the corporate’s newest design and options a variety of futuristic-looking developments.

Ninebot Air T15 electrical scooter launched

Ninebot’s new electrical scooter includes a redesigned construction with a twin beam handlebar and stem.

A vertical LED panel is mounted between the handlebar’s twin uprights, designed to make the Air T15 extra seen at night time.

The scooter additionally connects to a smartphone app that riders can use to personalize the scooter’s lighting colours and even show a number of colours alongside the size of the LED strip.

To enhance rear visibility, the Ninebot KickScooter Air T15 features a wraparound LED tail mild.

The scooter is lighter than most different choices in the marketplace, weighing in at simply 10.5 kg (23 lb). It’s constructed from 90% magnesium alloy and features a bezel-less dashboard display.

The handlebar grips fold down across the display to make the scooter extra compact in its folded type and simpler to stow below a desk or bench.

The scooter sports activities puncture-proof, foam-filled tires that extra carefully seize the ride-improving impact of pneumatic tires but nonetheless stop flats from ruining a journey.

The Air T15 doesn’t use a regular throttle, however as an alternative opts for a novel kick-to-go system that capabilities nearly like fixed cruise management.

Primarily, the rider pushes off like a non-electric scooter to get shifting, and the scooter then maintains the rider’s present velocity. To go sooner, the rider merely offers one other kick. To gradual, the rider steps on the mudflap brake, which additionally engages regenerative braking.

With this new management system, the rider’s ft can totally management the acceleration and deceleration, identical to on a non-electric scooter.

Whereas the scooter scores factors with its slim folding design and elective trolley mode for rolling the scooter behind the rider, its tech specs depart one thing to be desired. The Air T15 can solely attain a prime velocity of 20 km/h (12.4 mph) and has a variety of simply 7.5 miles (12 km) from its 144Wh battery.

However hey, try that superior stand!

So whereas this isn’t going to be a high-performance scooter, it ought to nonetheless be good for brief hops across the campus or within the metropolis.

These desirous to get their very own can place a $569 pre-order by way of Ninebot’s crowdfunding web page. While caution should always be urged for crowdfunding campaigns, Ninebot has a historical past of delivering on its guarantees, so this shouldn’t be an excessive amount of of a dangerous wager.

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